Daily Voting News July 10, 2007
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:51 am
Column: John Gideon
Daily Voting News July 10, 2007
Guest
Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Another
election official has jumped into the revolving door and
joined the vendors. In this case ex-Commissioner and
Chairman of the EAC Paul DeGregorio has become COO of
internet voting software company, Everyone Counts. Also
charging that Congressman Rush Holt's (D-NJ) Election
Reform bill (HR 811) "does not address the concerns that
Americans have, to do something about electronic voting,"
Ohio's Rep. Dennis Kucinich reiterated his withdrawal of
support for the controversial legislation last Friday. In
an interview on the Peter B. Collins show, the Democratic
Presidential Candidate confirmed earlier reports that he
intended to drop his co-sponsorship of the bill in favor of
requiring paper ballots for American elections. HR 811, as
currently written, fails to ban dangerous electronic
touch-screen (DRE) voting systems....
NAtional: Paul DeGregorio, former Chair of
the US Election Assistance Commission and COO of IFES,
joins Everyone Counts as COO LINKNational: Calling
for Paper Ballots, Kucinich Reiterates Dropped Support of
Holt Election Reform Bill LINKNational:
Verified Voting Foundation Hires Senior Project Director
Warren Stewart
https://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6484
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National:
Columnist - Right to vote must not be dismissed LINKNational: Why
Computerized Voting Machines Cause Long Lines and
Disenfranchise Voters LINKNational: The
$64,000 question: Is democracy worth an hour of your time?
LINKNational: After
Three Months, What Can Tova Wang Tell Congress? LINKConnecticut:
Legislation gives registrars town clerks' election duties
LINKFlorida: Collier,
Lee elections offices face countdown for new voting system
LINKFlorida: Palm
Beach County - High-tech equipment ensures All-Star
balloting runs fairly and smoothly. LINKMaryland:
Montgomery County - Sanction of Touch-Screen Voting
Machines Under Review LINKOhio: Miami
County - County unhappy about picking up tab for voting
machines LINKWashington: King
County - Paw Print Caper shows flaws remain in registration
system LINK **"Daily
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